Romney-Bain El Sal "Death Squads" Ties?

[Richard]

Here we go...

The latest controversy surrounding Bain concerns how Romney helped found the company with investments from Central American elites linked to death squads in El Salvador. After initially struggling to find investors, Romney traveled to Miami in 1983 to win pledges of $9 million, 40% of Bain's start up money. Some investors had extensive ties to the death squads responsible for the vast majority of the tens of thousands of deaths in El Salvador beginning during the 1980's. The investors include the Salaverria family, whose former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Robert White, has previously accused of directly funding the Salvadorian paramilitaries. In his memoir, former Bain executive Harry Strachan writes, "Romney pushed aside his own misgivings about the investors to accept their backing." Strachan writes, "These Latin American friends have loyally rolled over investments in succeeding funds, actively participated in Bain Capital's May investor meetings and are still today one of the largest investor groups in Bain Capital."

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10876...ran-atrocities

Just when you thought this election campaign couldn't get much dirtier - I fear it's only just begun.

Having been involved in the training of the BIRI Belloso whose CDR was from the 'ruling elite' in ElSal, I guess I better not consider ever running for public office either. Darn.

Richard

[longrange1947]

Know what you mean Richard. I really love the statement, "vast majority of the deaths", when the "Gs" caused more than the death squads. But hey, what is a little white lie in politics?

[Richard]

Politics is concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Found a BIRI Belloso clip. They were some good young troops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Adc...layer_embedded

And so it goes...

Richard

[Peregrino]

Sorry - I'm having a real hard time getting concerned about this. I had two tours there during their "unpleasantness" and to this day I have a real hard time getting excited about the left's diatribes against the death squads. The truth had nothing to do with Oliver Stone's "masterpiece".